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Philae

former island in Aswan, Egypt
Place Former Island Q245062
Philae
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Facts

8 properties

Identity

Instance of
former island, island[4]
Native label
Φιλαί[11]

Location

Country
Egypt[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 24.022°, 32.884°[5]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Aswan Governorate[2]

Population and size

Elevation above sea level
+144[14]
More facts +2
Described by source
Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Meyer’s Universum, Zweiter Band[6][7][8][9][10]
Different from
Temple of Isis in Philae, Agilkia island[12][13]
🏷️ Also known as
en Philae Island en Philæ en Philae ar جزيرة فيلة ar ‏فيلة‎ ar فيلة ar معبد فيله ar Philae ar أجيليكا ar جزيرة أجيليكا cs Fílé de Philä el Φίλες es Philae es Templo de Filé es Templo de File es File es Filé fa فیله (مصر) fi Filae
🔖 Identifiers · 25
VIAF cluster ID
116144648606721488716
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh87004964
GND ID
4045738-2
BHCL UUID
46eb04b7-c02b-4f21-ba37-316668cfa5ba
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
11957309h
Biblissima authority ID
Wikidata item
Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire ID
22159
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/Philae-island-Egypt
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
philae
France 24 topic ID (French)
philae
Freebase ID
/m/05gsy1
GNS Unique Feature ID
-294491
Show all 25 identifiers +13
GeoNames ID
356859
Grove Art Online ID
T066936
J9U entity ID
987007544071905171
Kulturenvanteri monument ID
300405
Museum-digital place ID
30762
NL CR AUT ID
ge129150
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3900843
PACTOLS thesaurus ID
pcrtY5DozxK7lr
Pleiades ID
786089
Topic's main category
Category:Philae
ToposText place ID
240328UPhi
Trismegistos Geo ID
1767
Yale LUX ID
place/8e652d5b-261d-4f85-a991-fb4e05e0edc0

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🔗 Connections
Described by source 3
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
← Different from 3
file, Temple of Isis in Philae, Agilkia island
Different from 2
Temple of Isis in Philae, Agilkia island
Country 1
Egypt
Instance of 1
island
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Aswan Governorate
Located in this place 1
Graffito of Esmet-Akhom
Located in time zone 1
UTC+01:00
Named after 1
24663 Philae
Topic's main category 1
Category:Philae
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Philae
← FactGrid item ID 1
Sparta
← Location of discovery 1
Philae obelisk
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Summary

Philae is a former island[1].

Body

Cultural Significance

Things named for Philae include 24663 Philae[15], an asteroid[16].

Why It Matters

Entities named for Philae include 24663 Philae[15], an asteroid[16].

Related Entities

Egypt

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #58669: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 12w ago · Thor19 · 2026-08-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 24.021527777777777, 'lon': 32.884166666666665}
    "Changed claim: Coordinate location: 24°1'17.50001"N, 32°53'3.00001"E"
  3. 15w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 24.021527777777777, 'lon': 32.884166666666665}
    Described by source → Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary +2
    Different from → Temple of Isis in Philae, Agilkia island
    Located in time zone → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Biblissima authority ID: Q29514, Import ID Biblissima V3 (details)"
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